I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of … - Caroline B. Cooney

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The heart of a Christian, like the moon, commonly suffers an eclipse when it is at the full, and that by the interposition of the earth.

Caroline B. Cooney

I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book and enjoyed it, and they're going on to read another book. I'm thrilled that they have figured out that reading is fun

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I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.

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I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.

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People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them.

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Stephen had just come from a class discussion in which several students believed that the right cup of herbal tea would save them from pain and sorrow. Well acquainted with pain and sorrow, Stephen did not contribute to the discussion. He merely crossed these idiots off his list of possible friends.

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If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.

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